Zheng Jun suffered a great change, Miao Tieshan died, Zhang Shangtu rebelled and was killed, the three armies mourned, and some people secretly rejoiced, Rao Qingshan was secretly happy.

It is impossible for the army to delay its southward movement because of Miao Tieshan's death, and it is impossible for Wang Dashuai to stay in the rear army for a long time, so someone needs to lead the rear army, and this person who commands the rear army may be him. Rao Qingshan lined up the people who were qualified to lead the army in the rear army, and was pleased to find that he had the highest rank and the deepest qualifications, and most of the rear army were officers and soldiers of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, so no matter how you look at it, he should be the chief general. Of course, Rao Qingshan's vision is not so short-sighted, he takes a fancy to the position of the governor of Anbei, and takes the opportunity of the return of the army to the south, stepping up the encirclement of the generals of the capital protectorate, and further consolidating his prestige, the position of the governor of Anbei will naturally fall into his hands, even if the court sends someone else to serve as the governor, he will be hollowed out by himself.

The mushy military food has always been what Rao Qingshan hates, and it feels very sweet to eat it in his mouth at the moment. Rao Qingshan thought happily, he thought that this transportation of the baggage to the camp was a chore, but he didn't expect to encounter such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Seeing Qi Xinwen when he ordered it, Rao Qingshan was stunned, and his hot mind was poured with a scoop of cold water, frozen like an ice edge hanging from the tent curtain. Listening to Wang Keming's announcement that Qi Xinwen would lead the rear army, and listening to Qi Xinwen's lecture for a few words, he bowed down with everyone and said "obey the order", Rao Qingshan returned to his camp in a trance.

In front of the tent, Xiong Tuyuan and a group of cronies were waiting there, ready to congratulate Rao Qingshan on becoming the commander of the rear army, Xiong Tuyuan was sharp-eyed, and saw Rao Qingshan's face gloomy and unhappy from a few feet away, knowing that something had changed, and there was no eyeless joy to greet him diligently and congratulated: "Congratulations to Rao Shuai, Qingyun is straight up, and his wish has come true." ”

"Get out", the man had an extra red mark on his face, and ran away with another kick. Rao Qingshan entered the account angrily, and everyone outside the tent heard the sound of "crackling", and they couldn't help but look at each other, and no one dared to go in and touch the mold, and they all slipped away quietly.

Xiong Tu walked a few steps away and turned around, listened to the silence in the tent, and bravely entered the tent. The ground was in a mess, Rao Qingshan sat in the chair with a strained face, the wrinkles at the center of his eyebrows were deeply wrinkled, and his eyes flashed with a terrifying cold light. Xiong Tuyuan picked up the paper and pen scattered on the ground and put it back on the table, and asked softly, "Rao Shuai, what's wrong?" ”

"Qi Xinwen is here." Rao Qingshan hated the authenticity.

Although he already knew it in his heart, Xiong Tuyuan still trembled when he heard the result, he was Rao Qingshan's cronies, one glory and one loss, if Rao Qingshan could become the commander of the rear army, or even the governor of Anbei, he would naturally follow the rising tide, originally thinking that when Rao Qingshan became the commander, he would have the opportunity to avenge the revenge of the twenty military sticks, but it seemed that he had failed.

Rao Qingshan glanced at Xiong Tuyuan, and when he saw his stunned appearance, he said with a smile: "Why, thinking that Lao Tzu is angry for you, don't dream, the one surnamed Jiang was appointed by Wang Keming as the deputy marshal, holding 100,000 light horses, on par with me, I am afraid that Lao Tzu will have to look at other people's faces in the future, so you will accept your fate." I can't guarantee that the surname Jiang will be the governor of Anbei in the future, and you will really have to go home and be a cook when the time comes. ”

Resentment, resentment, and jealousy, like poisonous snakes tearing Rao Qingshan's heart, even the words that spew out are full of poisonous gas, hurting others and hurting themselves. Xiong Tuyuan's face turned pale, he was really frightened by Rao Qingshan's words, and muttered to himself: "Jiang Anyi said that he won't care anymore, and he won't come to me for trouble again."

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Rao Qingshan said gloomily: "Only fools will pin their lives and deaths on the generosity of others, in case the surname Jiang settles accounts after the autumn, do you really want to be a cook?" ”

"Please make it clear." Xiong Tuyuan heard that there was something in Rao Qingshan's words. Rao Qingshan beckoned Xiong Tuyuan to step forward, and the big tent was whispering and inaudible.

The army continued to move south, a rumor quietly spread among the soldiers, about the death of Miao Shuai, about the battle in the mourning hall, Miao Tieshan had a very high prestige in the army, his death made the soldiers feel sad, under the impetus of well-intentioned people, the rumors became more and more unfavorable to Jiang Anyi, and the discernment of a few insiders was drowned in grief. Rumors stop at the wise, and the wise are often in the minority, the sky is cloudy and snowy, and a snowstorm is coming.

After camping at night, Jiang An walked into his brother's camp with the courage to hum and said, "Brother, there are people everywhere in the camp saying that you have an opinion and will not save you, resulting in Miao Shuai's death, and everyone says that you are a traitor." ”

Jiang Anyi frowned and said, "Liao Jianhui threatened to retaliate, it is likely that he is playing ghosts." ”

Jiang Anyong said angrily: "I'll go to him to settle accounts." ”

didn't listen to Jiang Anyi's call behind him, Jiang Anyong strode to find Liao Jianhui. The Chinese army replaced Qi Xinwen as the commander, he had his own personal guard, Liao Jianhui and others were resettled, Liao Jianhui commanded 10,000 troops as a general of Xuanwu, stationed on the northwest side of the camp.

Liao Jianhui is very lost, without Miao Shuai's help, his future has become bleak, although he is already a general of Xuanwu from the fourth grade, but there is still a long way to go to revive the family reputation. He naturally knew the rumors in the army, and Liao Jianhui understood that someone was using him to make a fuss, but as long as he could hit Jiang Anyi, he would be happy to see it happen. There was a commotion outside the tent, someone wanted to break into his big tent, and the guards were blocking it.

"Liao Jianhui, you shrunken turtle, you kind of crawled out, hiding in the tent and didn't dare to see people." There was a scolding sound outside the tent, and it was heard that it was Jiang Anyi's younger brother Jiang Anyong's voice, who came to the door, whether it was tolerable or unbearable, Liao Jianhui opened the tent and came out.

Jiang Anyong saw Liao Jianhui out of the account, and sneered: "The surname Liao has grown up to endure, and he has learned to spread rumors and make trouble from covering up defeat and killing generals......"

Scolding people without revealing their shortcomings, Liao Jianhui roared wildly, jumped forward and punched him, Jiang Anyong was not to be outdone, raised his left arm to stand up, and his right fist hit Liao Jianhui's front heart. Liao Jianhui couldn't hold back, so he had to turn his body sideways, and his fist landed on his right chest, which was painful. The guards next to him saw that the master was injured, and hurriedly stepped forward to help, Jiang Anyi punched and kicked, not afraid. Liao Qiang's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he stood aside with a bow and arrow, ready to see the opportunity to give Jiang Anyong an arrow. Jiang Anyong trespassed into his own camp and caused trouble, even if the marshal knew, he had nothing to say, and he couldn't punish himself.

"Stop", a scorching thunder exploded in his ears, Liao Qiang's heart was confused, his hand was loosened, the arrow was not accurate, and it flew past Jiang Anyi's ear, almost injuring a personal guard. Before Liao Zhong threw the bow and turned back, a hot wind rushed in his back, Liao Qiang felt like he was in a sea of fire, and even the blood in his body was boiling, bubbling down "suddenly", his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Jiang Anyi chased after him in a hurry, just in time to see Liao Qiang preparing to hurt people with a secret arrow, and slapped Liao Qiang down with a loud slap to save his younger brother. Liao Jianhui was so angry that he was smoking, the Jiang family brothers deceived people too much, forcibly broke into their own station, and injured Uncle Qiang, if he swallowed his anger and didn't have to stay in the army anymore, the label of a coward would be firmly attached to his body.

The noise of the commotion alarmed the left and right, and soon a circle of people gathered around, pointing at the Jiang brothers and Liao Jianhui. Liao Jianhui ordered someone to help Liao Qiang up, took the steel spear in his hand, strode forward and stabbed at Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi frowned, grabbed the spear body like lightning and said: "Liao Jianhui, this matter is over, don't fight anymore." ”

Liao Jianhui couldn't pull the spear, he raised his leg and kicked, Jiang Anyi flashed sideways, Yuan Xuan was really angry, Liao Jianhui felt that the steel spear was hot, and he couldn't help but let go of his hand. His guards didn't dare to use their swords with their swords, after all, Jiang Anyi was the deputy marshal, and attacking Shangguan was tantamount to rebellion.

Liao Jianhui took a step back, held up Brother Jiang Anyi and said, "You trespassed on my camp and injured my people, how can I give up." Jiang Anyi, you are the deputy marshal, you can bully me, but everyone is watching and I want to go to Qi Shuai to sue you. ”

Before Liao Jianhui arrived at the tent, Qi Xinwen already knew about it, and to be honest, Qi Xinwen felt very tricky. The reason for Jiang Liao's dispute was Miao Xinwen's death, and after understanding the situation, Qi Xinwen believed that Jiang Anyi had done nothing wrong, and Jiang Anyi was not to blame for Miao Tieshan's death. Qi Xinwen also has a friendship with the Liao family, Liao Jianhui regards Miao Tieshan as his father, and he can understand Liao Jianhui's blame for Jiang Anyi. Rumors spread in the army, Qi Xinwen thought that Liao Jianhui was not angry and slandered Jiang Anyi, thinking that the rumors would naturally disappear after a cold period of time, and ordered the army not to spread rumors indiscriminately, and did not plan to study them in detail. But the matter got bigger and bigger, the two of them actually started to make a move, and they almost killed someone, Qi Xinwen felt that it would be impossible not to deal with it.

Handsome tent, both sides each have a word, Qi Xinwen listened silently, thinking about how to deal with it in his heart. With the failure of this Northern Expedition, Zheng Guo will not be able to launch another attack on the Northern Desert for at least ten years, and in order to resist the counterattack of the Desert people, the camp in the north of Zhenbei may not be withdrawn. Wang Keming will not continue to serve as the commander of the camp in the north of Zhenbei, so the most likely candidates to succeed should be himself and Zhu Jinfeng, several generals of the Sixteenth Guard in Beijing are not familiar with the situation in Mobei, and it is unlikely that the Son of Heaven will consider them.

Listening to Jiang and Liao arguing with each other, Qi Xinwen was a little trance-like, to resist the attack of the deserters, the Zhenbei battalion must retain at least 300,000 troops, such a scale can not be compared even with the four major capital protectorates, and compared with the capital protectorate, the quality of the soldiers in the Zhenbei battalion, ordnance and equipment, and material supplies are second to none, Qi Xinwen has been the governor of Annan, and as a military general, he will go one step further to be the captain, but the position of the captain is too eye-catching, and he wants to stay in Beijing, how can he hold the male soldiers to stay in the camp comfortably, and there is one more choice now, Of course, Qi Xinwen must grasp it firmly.

glanced at Jiang Anyi and Liao Jianhui, Qi Xinwen had a plan, Jiang Anyi is a deputy marshal but he was born as a civil servant, and no matter how good his martial arts are, there are not many opportunities to stay in the army and serve; Liao Jianhui is only a general of Xuanwu from the fourth grade, but the Liao family has a lot of old times in the army, and the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, so you might as well help one or two. Moreover, Liao Jianhui is the old man of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and appeasing him is equivalent to appeasing the soldiers of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, which is good for his future. ”

Knocking on the table, the generals were awe-inspired. Qi Xinwen said: "Rumors are rife in the army, and the matter involves the deputy commander of the rear army, and it must be strictly investigated." Jiang Anyong trespassed into other people's camps and beat 20 military sticks in accordance with military law; Liao Qiang secretly injured people with arrows, and according to military law, he was responsible for forty military sticks, and then marched after his injuries were healed; Jiang Anyi was eager to save people's hearts and was exempted from punishment. Generals, after you return to the station, you will preach to your subordinates the reason for Miao Shuai's suicide and quell the rumors. If Ben Shuai finds out that someone is spreading rumors, he will be severely punished. ”